Hamm v. Smith · ¶109

Atkins claims, including Smith's, have nothing to do with these concerns. Executing someone with a particular IQ does not implicate a “method” of execution at all. It certainly does not implicate a method that rises to the level of deliberate and unusual torture. It is therefore beyond the scope of the Eighth Amendment.

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